outcrop

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: out=crop

CIDE DICTIONARY

outcrop, n. 

 The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.  [1913 Webster]

outcrop, v. i. 

 To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

outcrop, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the emergence of a stratum, vein, or rock, at the surface. b a stratum etc. emerging.
2 a noticeable manifestation or occurrence.
--v.intr. (-cropped, -cropping) appear as an outcrop; crop out.

THESAURUS

outcrop

appear, arise, become manifest, become visible, come, come forth, come forward, come in sight, come out, come to hand, come to light, crop out, discernibleness, emerge, enter, epiphany, exposure, fade in, heave in sight, issue, issue forth, look forth, loom, manifestation, materialize, observability, outcropping, peep out, perceptibility, rear its head, revelation, rise, see the light, seeableness, show, show up, stream forth, strike the eye, the seen, the visible, turn up, visibility, visibleness, visuality, what is revealed